Bible Verses About Temptation

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing .

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried , he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

Neither give place to the devil.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.